Adam Brody Recalls Failed Audition For Chris Pratt’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Role

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger started the week off right – with a breakfast date in Los Angeles.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jamie Dornan said on a recent episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that he was fully aware film critics would ridicule the “Fifty Shades of Grey” movies before he accepted the role of the BDSM-loving businessman Christian Grey. Dornan starred opposite Dakota Johnson in the film trilogy, which grossed $1.3 billion worldwide but averaged a paltry 15% Rotten Tomatoes score. “It wasn’t an instant yes by any means,” Dornan said about accepting the role.

Several members of the “Parks and Recreation” cast reunited this week — not for a reboot or TV special, but on the picket line as they join the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

Chris Pratt missed out on the big Parks & Rec reunion that took place on the SAG-AFTRA picket line earlier this week, and he has some thoughts on it.

Timothy Olyphant is looking back on a role that got away from him – Captain Kirk in Star Trek.

Kevin Costner shared a video of himself unboxing his Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series. While talking to the camera, the 68-year-old actor gushed over how his wife, Christine Baumgartner, went all out with «30 bucks» to decorate their Montecito, California home for an impromptu Golden Globes watch party after floods kept the couple from attending in person a month earlier.Then, less than three months later, Christine dropped a bombshell when she filed for divorce on May 1 after 18 years of marriage.

Chris Pratt has not only rocked the Marvel Cinematic Universe for years as Peter Quill / Star Lord, but he’s also a family man and a father of three children.

Chris Pratt so perfectly embodies Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies that it’s hard to imagine anyone else playing the plucky space hero.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always had a gift when it comes to casting; they find the perfect character for each role.

Just for Variety” podcast, Adam Brody revealed to host Marc Malkin “there have been many” roles he didn’t land that he really wanted.“The O.C.” star went through a list of his less successful auditions, from Justin Bartha’s role in Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck‘s “Gigli” to a younger version of Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) in the 2003 “Dumb and Dumber” prequel.However, the recent role he was most torn up about was the role of Peter Quill/Star-Lord in “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Chris Pratt ultimately got the part of the earthly leader in charge of a dangerous group of misfits attempting to save the universe in the 2014 Marvel movie directed by James Gunn. Pratt portrayed the character for two sequels and a holiday special.“I wanted that one,” Brody said, admitting that he agrees that Pratt was a “better” fit for the space adventurer.He added, “But tonally, I really dug it.”Brody and Pratt were brief co-stars on “The O.C.” when the latter played the activist Ché Cook, aka Winchester Cook, in the teen drama’s fourth season.According to the Hollywood Reporter, over 200 actors auditioned for the part, including Brody’s “Shazam!” co-star Zachary Levi and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star Glenn Howerton, who was ultimately Gunn’s second choice.

The O.C.‘s Adam Brody has revealed the major Marvel role he once lost out on.The actor – who stars in new film River Wild, a reimagining of the 1994 thriller starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn – shared in a new interview that he once had a shot at the potentially career-changing role.Speaking to Variety, Brody said that he read for the role of Peter Quill aka Star-Lord in Guardians Of The Galaxy, which ended up going to Chris Pratt.“I wanted that one,” he said, but agreed that Pratt was a “better” fit. “He is bigger, stronger, but tonally, I really dug it,” he said.Brody rose to fame for his role as Seth Cohen in the teen drama series The O.C., which ran from 2003 to 2007.Elsewhere in the interview, the actor reflected on some other unsuccessful auditions, including for the 2003 romantic comedy crime film Gigli starring Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.“I remember liking the script,” Brody said, having auditioned for the role that went to Justin Bartha.“I remember in the end, [Affleck] died in a way that it still stays with me.

could have looked a lot different if things had gone another direction when it came to casting.Recently, Adam Brody sat down for a chat with the podcast, and opened up about the time he read for the role of Peter Quill — a.k.a. Star-Lord — in James Gunn's cosmic adventure installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.«I wanted that one,» Brody said of the role, which eventually went to Chris Pratt, whom the OC alum admitted was a «better fit» for the part, ultimately.«He is bigger, stronger, but tonally, I really dug it,» Brody lamented.Pratt starred as the space-faring smuggler and thief who stole fans' hearts when the first film hit theaters in 2014.He went on to reprise the role in, and finally, which came out earlier this year.Before Pratt was cast in the role — which he was offered a chance to read for but initially declined — several other actors, apart from Brody, were considered for the smart-talking, handsome, affable space pirate with a heart of gold.Joel Edgerton, Jack Houston, Eddie Redmayne, Michael Rosenbaum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zachary Levi, Glenn Howerton, Jim Sturgess, John Gallagher Jr.

Adam Brody is getting candid about his audition lows.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor The new “River Wild” is a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s classic 1994 thriller starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn about a rafting trip that takes a deadly turn. In the new version, Adam Brody plays a heavily-tattooed ex-convict who will stop at nothing to make sure he never returns to prison. The movie also stars Brody’s wife Leighton Meester and Taran Killam, and it was directed and co-written by the trio’s longtime friend Ben Ketai.

That's the walking, talking tree and Marvel superhero Groot telling you the wonderful news: is now streaming. The Marvel film that premiered on May 5 in theaters around the country is available to watch again (or for the first time) on Disney+.Peter Quill and the gang are back in the third installment (or fourth if you count the holiday special) of. As of today, August 2, you can now watch the hit film with a Disney+ account.Part of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), soared at the box office upon its release in theaters.

That's the walking, talking tree and Marvel superhero Groot telling you the wonderful news: is now streaming. The Marvel film that premiered on May 5 in theaters around the country is available to watch again (or for the first time) on Disney+.Peter Quill and the gang are back in the third installment (or fourth if you count the holiday special) of. As of today, August 2, you can now watch the hit film with a Disney+ account.Part of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), soared at the box office upon its release in theaters.

Chris Pratt took his son, Jack, out to the ball game.

Chris Pratt and son Jack Pratt were all smiles at the Los Angeles Dodgers game on Sunday, July 30.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer WGA East president Michael Winship will not be seeking re-election amid the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. “This is a decision that was made right from the start two years ago when I was asked to return to the presidency,” Winship said in a statement sent to guild members Tuesday, just as WGAE revealed the candidates up for officer seats in its upcoming council election this September.